So, the end of the road as we know it, I’m now back in sunny Yorkshire (and it is sunny!) Here are a few pictures from my last day in Phong Nha. The day started off sunny but then clouds began to gather before half an hour o…
The Last Post
One last bike ride, just for old times sake
I leave tomorrow, so I thought I’d get in one final quick bike ride around the village, checking on the state of the rice fields and countryside in general. The first thing I pass is the dual carriageway…
Phong Nha streets and shops
I had a quick tour of Phong Nha yesterday, just taking pictures of various shops and hotels to remind myself what the place looks like in 2016, here they are below;Hotels and Homestay’s aplentyWhy Not, an old favourite?Menu, Vietnamese styleNice enough…
Hang Son Doong 50, the final tour.
Sparkler Son DoongThis was the final tour, both for me and Oxalis, well not quite as there was a Japanese film group going in a day after, but more on that later.Happy to helpAs we were walking down the initial hill, we caught up with some of the villa…
Days off in August
Stormy SkiesI’ve had three days off between tours but have managed to keep busy and got into town a few times between the rain showers.Tiny LizardOxalis has just created a watersports centre at Chay Lap, and as is always the case there was a grand open…
Hang Son Doong 48, the photography tour
That’s a bit brown is that riverThis is my penultimate tour, three days off after this one and then the final tour of the year. The river in Phong Nha was brown and in flood, but not too bad.Jungle fruits, not edibleAs this is a photography tour we car…
Hang Son Doong 46
Portable Espresso machineJust four tours left after this one, and I’m down to do two of them (at the moment). I always see something new on each trip, this one was no exception as I’ve never seen a portable espresso maker before! Made for good coffee a…
The last Tu Lan
Sunny weatherMy last Tu Lan four day tour, after this I have just three Son Doong tours to do.Tree skirtThe day was fine as we walked to Rat Cave and then on towards Gibbon Cave. Although there were some clouds on the horizon and I thought it would rai…
An extra Son Doong, and countdown to the end of the season
As we move into August, and my last Month here in Vietnam, I find myself very busy, an extra tour at the end of July means I have very few spare days. This extra tour was a group booking f…
Hang Lanh
Hang Lanh is planned to be part of a new tour including this cave and Hang En, this trip was undertaken to check out the suitability of the tour. Normally, when tours go to either Hang Son Doong or Hang En, the drop off point is at kilo…
